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Artist: Ralph Mctell
Canonical path: /ralph-mctell/heron-song
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Heron Song
Read Heron Song lyrics by Ralph Mctell on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Heron Song
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And once I walked a million miles
All the way to Yugoslavia
And I carried you all of the way
For where I was then there you are.
As the sun rose o'er the curb stones
By the road where I'd been sleeping
Them night-long trucks, as they roared by
They could not drown my weeping.
And it was me, and I alone
Who looked toward the far horizon
And I saw King Heron
On his dead tree throne
And I knew not which to keep my mind on.
Now I cannot speak for everyone
For they got their reasons
All on this road
But, Heron, would that I had your wings
For then I'd know where I would go
For then I'd know where I would go.
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Ralph Mctell performs "Heron Song", and this lyric page sits inside the Ralph Mctell catalog on LyroVerse.
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